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Ukraine prosecutors urge court not to hear Tymoshenko appeal
Ukrainian prosecutors on Tuesday urged an appeals court not to hear the appeal of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko [personal website; JURIST news archive] in her corruption trial. Prosecutors told the court that Tymoshenko's trial had already (More) |
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Ukraine opposition suing president for crimes against Ukrainian people
A Ukrainian opposition group filed a lawsuit on Monday that seeks to charge President Viktor Yanukovych [official website, in Ukrainian; JURIST news archive] with crimes against the Ukrainian people. The lawsuit was filed by Batkivshchyna , the poli (More) |
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Tymoshenko ally sentenced to additional 2 years in prison
A Ukrainian court on Friday handed down a two-year prison sentence to the former interior minister under ex-Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko [personal website; JURIST news archive]. Yuriy Lutsenko was convicted and sentenced for negligence (More) |
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Ukraine high court denies opposition leaders' appeals to run in parliamentary elections
Ukraine's Supreme Administrative Court on Wednesday declined to overturn a lower court decision prohibiting former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko [personal website; JURIST news archive] and former interior affairs minister Yuriy Lutsenko (More) |
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Ukraine court postpones Tymoshenko tax evasion trial
A Ukrainian Court on Tuesday postponed the tax evasion trial of former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko [personal website; JURIST news archive] after she declined to participate in the trial via a video link. A lawyer for Tymoshenko said t (More) |
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Ukraine president signs Russian language bill
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Wednesday signed into law a bill that makes Russian the official language in parts of former Soviet republic within the country. Opponents of the bill heavily criticized the move, condemning the bill as a c (More) |
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Slovakia files charges against accused Nazi arrested in Hungary
Slovakian authorities on Thursday announced that they have filed new charges against a 97-year-old Hungarian man arrested in Budapest last month on allegations of abusing and helping deport thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. The charges concern (More) |
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Slovakia to seek extradition of accused Nazi from Hungary
Slovakian authorities on Monday announced plans to seek the extradition of a 97-year-old Hungarian man arrested in Budapest earlier this month on allegations of abusing and helping deport thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. Slovak Justice Minist (More) |
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Tymoshenko asks Ukraine court to excuse her from trial for health reasons
Jailed former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko [personal website; JURIST news archive] on Monday requested permission to be absent from her tax evasion trial proceedings, which are scheduled to resume on July 31. Tymoshenko reportedly asked (More) |
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Ukraine court further postpones tax evasion trial of former PM due to health
A Ukraine judge on Monday again postponed the tax evasion trial of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko [personal website; JURIST news archive]. Judge Kostyantyn Sadovsky for the court in the city of Kharkiv held that it would be impossible to pr (More) |
Justinian I issues Corpus Juris Civilis
On April 7, 529 - Byzantine Emperor Justinian I issued the first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law). The Justinian Code represented a revival of Roman Law and a compilation of laws for the Byzantine Empire. It became the foundation of Canon Law in the Catholic Church and Civil Law in modern Europe.
Learn more about the Corpus Juris Civilis from the University of Wyoming College of Law.
